Re: Working with nfs

Renee Lambert (renee@sparerib.clemson.edu) wrote: : We are using Informix SE and isql runtime on DEC Ultrix RISC workstations. : isql was sent to me from Informix after I told them my data was nfs mounted. : This is the problem ... : I am testing a database that has been loaded to a filesystem that is : NFS mounted. I do not at the present time have 2 gig free on my : workstation. When I run isql informix does not seem to like the : database residing on the NFS mount. I have been told that there is : a work around. But I do not know what it is. I have tried setenv I don't know what it is either, but even if it exists the performance will stink because NFS locking stinks (in the few environments in which it works, is Ultrix one of them?). For a 2Gb database you are crazy not to use client/server. : DBPATH /xxx/xxx/xxx/xxx. No results. : Has anyone had this problem and is there a solution? Use client/server not NFS mount. Informix-Net is bundled nowadays, so I don't think there is a financial impact any more. -- graeme -- Disclaimer: The author's opinions are his own, and not necessarily those of Pyramid Technology Ltd. or Pyramid Technology Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -m------- Graeme Sargent Voice: +44 (0)252 373035 ---mmm----- Senior Database Consultant Fax : +44 (0)252 373135 -----mmmmm--- Pyramid Technology Ltd. Telex: Tell who??? -------mmmmmmm- Farnborough, Hants GU14 7PL Email: graeme@pyra.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- We have the technology. The tricky bit is learning how to use it.